Steering Box Advice

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  1. Byron

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    I just found out that the manual steering box on my 1970 project car does not hold oil, so I think a rebuild/replace is in order.

    I seem to have three options: Rebuild it myself, send it to someone else, or just buy a rebuilt box.

    Any advice, on which path to take or who to buy from?
     
    Byron, Oct 22, 2011
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    ditto...:)
     
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  4. Byron

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    Doh!

    Thanks for the info. Learn something new everyday I guess.
     
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    Needs to be a pretty heavy moly grease, too. Here in Texas, mine gets hot during the summer months and starts to leak out...
     
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    I use agriculture grease from a tractor supply. It's very close, if not the same, to the velocity what Ford recommends.
     
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    ...viscosity?

    :drink: have 1 on me.
     
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